Laura May Moss1

F, #94256, b. 17 June 1872
  • Birth*: 17 June 1872; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 3 February 1892; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Henry James Bethune1
  • Married Name: 3 February 1892; Bethune1

Family: Henry James Bethune b. Apr 1864, d. 11 Apr 1931

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Henry James Bethune1

M, #94257, b. April 1864, d. 11 April 1931
  • Birth*: April 1864; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 3 February 1892; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Laura May Moss1
  • Death*: 11 April 1931; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Laura May Moss b. 17 Jun 1872

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Robert Henry Bethune1

M, #94258, b. 5 May 1836, d. 27 March 1895
  • Birth*: 5 May 1836; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date May5 1836 & location Cobourg per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 1862; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Date 1862 & location Toronto per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Jane Francis Ewart1
  • Death*: 27 March 1895; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date Mar 27 1895 & location Toronto per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Note*: circa 1870; Ontario; " ... they had ten children, including Robert Henry*, a founder and, for more than 20 years, cashier of the Dominion Bank, ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html2

Family: Jane Francis Ewart b. c 1838, d. 5 Apr 1898

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.

Jane Francis Ewart1

F, #94259, b. circa 1838, d. 5 April 1898
  • Birth*: circa 1838; Dundas, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 1862; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; Date 1862 & location Toronto per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 17 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Robert Henry Bethune1
  • Death*: 5 April 1898; York Co., Ontario; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Married Name: 1862; Bethune1

Family: Robert Henry Bethune b. 5 May 1836, d. 27 Mar 1895

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

James Bell Ewart1

M, #94260, b. 13 September 1801, d. 17 December 1853
  • Birth*: 13 September 1801; Dulwich, Surrey, England; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 23 May 1832; Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Mary Margaret Crooks1
  • Death*: 17 December 1853; Dundas, Wentworth Co., Ontario; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Mary Margaret Crooks b. 15 May 1815, d. 1876

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Mary Margaret Crooks1

F, #94261, b. 15 May 1815, d. 1876
  • Birth*: 15 May 1815; Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 23 May 1832; Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=James Bell Ewart1
  • Death*: 1876; Sussex, England; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Married Name: 23 May 1832; Ewart1

Family: James Bell Ewart b. 13 Sep 1801, d. 17 Dec 1853

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

James Crooks1

M, #94262, b. 15 April 1778, d. 2 March 1860
  • Birth*: 15 April 1778; Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; Date Apr 15 1778 & location Kilmarock, Ayrshire, Scotland per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 8 December 1808; Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Jane Cummings1
  • Death*: 2 March 1860; Flamboro West Twp., Wentworth Co., Canada West; Date Mar 2 1860 & location West Flamboro, Wentworth, Ont. per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Immigration*: 1794; Upper Canada; Arrival in Canada 1794 per family tree of Suzette Kuschel on ancestry.ca, Dec 5 2024.1
  • Note*: 17 April 1827; West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "His position on church-state affairs could not have been made easier by the marriage in 1827 of his daughter Jane Eliza to the Reverend Alexander Neil Bethune*, an adherent of Strachan." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - James Crooks www.biographi.ca/en/bio/crooks_james_8E.html2

Family: Jane Cummings b. 24 Jul 1791, d. 1861

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.

Jane Cummings1

F, #94263, b. 24 July 1791, d. 1861
  • Birth*: 24 July 1791; Chippewa, Welland Co., Province of Quebec; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 8 December 1808; Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=James Crooks1
  • Death*: 1861; Dundas, Wentworth Co., Ontario; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Married Name: 8 December 1808; Crooks1

Family: James Crooks b. 15 Apr 1778, d. 2 Mar 1860

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Alexander Neil Bethune1,2,3,4

M, #94264, b. 28 August 1800, d. 3 February 1879
  • Birth*: 28 August 1800; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; Date Aug 28 1800 per CemSearch. Date 1801 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1800 & location UC per 1861 Census. " ... b. 28 Aug. 1800 at Williamstown, Charlottenburg Township, U.C., son of the Reverend John Bethune*, a loyalist, and Véronique Waddin ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html
    Date Aug 20 1800 & location Williamstown, Ont. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.2,4,3,5,6
  • Marriage*: 17 April 1827; West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; " ... m. Jane Eliza, daughter of James Crooks .. " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html
    Date Apr 17 1827 & location West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Jane Eliza Crooks2
  • Death*: 3 February 1879; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date Feb 3 1879 & location Toronto per CemSearch. " ... d. 3 Feb. 1879 at Toronto, Ont." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html Date Feb 3 1879 & location Toronto per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.2,4,6
  • Burial*: 5 February 1879; St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Alexander Neil Bethune; Born: Aug 28 1800; Died: Feb 3 1879; ID: CBSPCM0771; Other names: Bethune, Agnes Emily ( -1891), Bethune, Arthur M. (1873-1960), Bethune, Beatrice Mary (1875-1957), Bethune, Charles James Stewart (1838-1932), Bethune, Edith A. St. L. [Wilson](1877-1960), Bethune, Edith Alice ( -1874), Bethune, Eliza Jane (1828-1851), Bethune, Emily Anne (1840-1847), Bethune, George Strachan Cartwright (1845-1902), Bethune, Harriet Alice Mary [Fulrong](1844-1898), Bethune, Herbert (1848-1849), Bethune, Herbert Charles ( - -1872), Bethune, Jane Eliza ( -1861), Bethune, John James (1834-1859); Cemetery: St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Ontario St. N., Cobourg, Plot 381; Note: The Right Reverand D.D. D.C.L., Second Bishop of Toronto. 40 Yrs Rector at Cobourg. Died in Toronto. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=CBSPCM0771%5E4)
  • Residence*: between 1810 and 1812; Grammar School, Cornwall, Stormon Co., Upper Canada; "From 1810 to 1812 Alexander Neil was a student at the grammar school run by the Reverend John Strachan* at Cornwall, Upper Canada." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: 1818; Montreal, Quebec; "Alexander Neil’s movements from 1812 to 1819 are not known for certain; he may have continued his schooling under his older brother John, incumbent in Elizabethtown and Augusta Townships from 1814 and then at Montreal from 1818, for in the autumn of 1819 Alexander Neil wrote from Montreal that he had determined to go to York (Toronto) “to place himself under the care and direction of
    Dr. Strachan, as a Student of Divinity, and to connect with this pursuit, such assistance in the Grammar School as a youth of nineteen could be expected to render.” " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: between 1819 and 1823; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "From 1819 to 1823 Bethune remained at York as a student of divinity supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He also assisted Strachan at St James’ Church as an usher." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: 24 August 1823; Quebec, Quebec; "On 24 Aug. 1823 Bethune was made a deacon by Bishop Jacob Mountain* in Quebec City." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: 26 September 1824; Grimsby, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "The following year, on 26 September, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Mountain. He had charge of the parish of The Forty (Grimsby), where he had served his diaconate, and was
    also responsible for an out-station at Twelve Mile Creek (St Catharines)." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: 1827; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "In 1827 Bethune became the incumbent of the parish of Cobourg; he was later its rector and served there until 1867." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Note*: 17 April 1827; West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; "His position on church-state affairs could not have been made easier by the marriage in 1827 of his daughter Jane Eliza to the Reverend Alexander Neil Bethune, an adherent of Strachan." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - James Crooks www.biographi.ca/en/bio/crooks_james_8E.html4
  • Residence: 15 November 1828; Rector of Cobourg, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "15 Nov 1828: At Kingston, on Wednesday, 5th inst., Donald Bethune, Barrister at Law, and M.P. for that town, to Janet, second daughter of the late Peter Smith, of the same place. (Rev. A. N. Bethune, Rector of Cobourg)" Marriage Notices 1813-1854, The Loyalist, York, pg. 28 of 550, ancestry.ca)7
  • Residence: 1831; England; "In 1831 he made the first of a number of trips to England on behalf of the Church of England in the colony, on this occasion as secretary to Bishop Charles James Stewart* of Quebec, in support of the University of King’s College at York and the Church of England’s rights to the clergy reserves in Upper Canada, questions on which his views resembled closely those of Strachan." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Census*: 1832; Conc A Lots 15, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1832 Census: Alexander Bethune; Conc A, Lot 16; - acres uncult., 2 acres cult.; 2 males over 15; 2 males under 15; 3 females over 15; 2 females under 15 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)8
  • Census: 1833; Conc A Lots 15 & 16, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1833 Census: Alexander Bethune; Conc A, Lot 15 & 16; 25 acres uncult., 2 & 25 acres cult.; 3 males over 15; 3 males under 15; 2 females over 15; 2 females under 15 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)8
  • Census: 1837; Conc C Lots 15, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1837 Census: A. N. Bettiune; Conc C, Lot 15; 45 acres cult., 15 acres uncult.; 3 males over 15; 8 males under 15; 5 females over 15; 2 females under 15 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)8
  • Residence: 6 May 1837; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "While at Cobourg, Bethune also became first editor of the Church, a weekly newspaper that commenced publication 6 May 1837." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Census: 1840; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1840 Census: Rev. A. N. Bethune; 7 males under 16; 6 males over 16; 2 females under 16; 4 females over 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)8
  • Note: 1841; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "He retained this position until 1841 when he resigned it to a layman, John Kent, but in 1843 he once again became editor, commenting that “the excitement . . . amidst the clash and din of party strife, was too much for [Kent].” The decision to found a newspaper to represent “Church” opinion in the province came from the need to rally
    church support for its stand on the clergy reserves. Bethune, a man of not inconsiderable learning, had made a careful study of the whole question, and Strachan, chairman of the newspaper’s committee, found in Bethune a man whom he could trust and in whom he could confide. Indeed Strachan directed much of the editorial policy." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Note: 27 November 1841; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "When the diocese of Toronto was carved out of that of Quebec in 1839, Strachan became its first bishop and he appointed Bethune as one of his chaplains. In October 1841 Strachan asked his chaplains, Bethune, Henry James Grasett*, and Henry Scadding*, to draw up a plan for training divinity students pending the establishment of a regular college. The plan was submitted, and on 27 November Strachan announced the appointment of Bethune, though he did not have a degree, as professor of theology. The Diocesan Theological Institution opened in
    Cobourg in January 1842 with 15 students but was attended by indifferent success. There were complaints about both the quality of the students and their training; for the first three years Bethune was both principal and staff, and this together with the many other demands on his time helps to explain the low academic standards. But the greatest problem Bethune encountered had to do with churchmanship. As the decade wore on there appeared increasing opposition to the school on the part of the low churchmen, particularly in the western part of the province. Its opponents referred to it as a “hot bed of Tractarianism,” an accusation Strachan in particular resented as false and malicious. This difficult and often stormy part of Bethune’s ministry was brought to an end when the school was merged with the University of
    Trinity College, opened in Toronto in 1852." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Census: 1844; Conc A Lot 15, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1844 Assessment: Rev. A. N. Bethune; Conc A, Lot 15, - acres uncult., - acres cult. (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)8
  • Note: 12 September 1845; St. Antoine St., Montreal, Quebec; "12 Sept. 1845: ... ibid.. On 3rd inst., at the residence of James Carswell, St. Antoine St., Montreal, Donald Bethune, Jr., of Cobourg, C.W., Barrister, to Mary Telfer, eldest daughter of the late William Gay, merchant of that city. (Rev. Dr. Bethune)" Marriage Noticces of Ontario 1813-1854, The Patriot, Toronto, pg. 136 of 550, ancestry.ca)7
  • Census: 1847; Conc A Lot 15, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1847 Census: A. N. Bethune; Conc A, Lot 15, (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)8
  • Note: 1847; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Strachan had appointed Bethune his ecclesiastical commissary for the archdeaconry of York in 1845 with the title of “the Reverend Official.” Though burdened with responsibilities, Strachan had felt unable to relinquish the post of archdeacon of York for financial reasons, and this arrangement permitted him to devote his time to his duties as bishop. Then, in 1847, the bishop collated Bethune into the archdeaconry of York upon his own resignation from that position. Bethune gave up the editorship of the Church and became the chief administrative
    assistant of Bishop Strachan while remaining principal of the college. He made regular
    visitations of the parishes, checking church buildings and rectories, reviewing parish registers, advising on pastoral problems, and making reports to the bishop. From 1847 to 1850 he visited about 127 churches and mission stations, in an area that extended westward through the province from Oshawa. The archdeaconry was a post Bethune filled with diligence, and it immersed him in the day-to-day problems of the diocese." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: April 1852; England; "In the spring of 1852 Bethune went to England at Strachan’s bidding to raise financial support for Trinity College, founded after Strachan’s former creation, the University of King’s College, had been secularized into the University of Toronto. Bethune was also his church’s spokesman in England during the final battle over the clergy reserves. He met with limited success in both tasks. He was unable to shake the determination of the Lord Aberdeen ministry to comply with the demand from the administration of Francis Hincks* in Canada that an imperial act be passed enabling the provincial legislature to make a final settlement on the clergy reserves. Nor did he receive the response to his appeal for funds which he had expected: he often felt “baffled and disappointed,” but considered that “fully £5,000 [would] be realized in all.” per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Note: July 1857; York, York Co., Canada West; "In July 1857 the first subdivision of the diocese of Toronto took place when the diocese of Huron was carved out of its southwestern portion. Bethune entered the first of his three episcopal elections and lost to Benjamin Cronyn, the Irish rector of London. When the diocese of Ontario was created from the eastern portion of the diocese of Toronto in 1862, Bethune was again a candidate but withdrew before the certain success of another Irishman, the 36-year-old
    rector of Brockville, John Travers Lewis*. In both elections, Bethune lost to local candidates with strong popular support. In addition, however, the growing strength in numbers and influence of the evangelical, low church wing was an obstacle to Bethune; he was regarded by many of its sympathizers as a high churchman, and by some as a Tractarian. Moreover, the opposition to Strachan, fostered by his dislike of low churchmen and by his driving personality,
    spilled over onto Bethune, popularly regarded as the bishop’s favourite." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Census: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 61 at 1861 Census: Bethune, A. N., 61, b. UC, CE, Clergyman, married; Jane E., 52, b. UC, CE, married; Francis(m), 10, b. UC, CE; Charles, 18; Frederick, 16; George, 14 (1861 Census: Town of Cobourg, Northumberland Co., pg. 493 of 899, line 29 - ancestry.ca)3
  • Note: 25 January 1867; St. James Cathedral, York, York Co., Canada West; "On 21 Sept. 1866, however, Bethune came into his own when Strachan at 88 requested a
    coadjutor to assist him. The synod elected Bethune on the ninth ballot, but only after Provost George Whitaker* of Trinity College, who had consistently led in the voting, asked after the eighth ballot that his name be withdrawn. Bethune had ranked third in both clerical and lay voting, taking about one-quarter of the clerical votes but one fifth of the lay vote, trailing Whitaker and Thomas Brock Fuller*. The only other serious contender was Grasett, now rector of St James’ Cathedral in Toronto. Bethune took the title of bishop of Niagara and was consecrated by Strachan in St James’ Cathedral, 25 Jan. 1867." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Residence: 1 November 1867; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; "Later in 1867 Bethune represented the diocese of Toronto in place of the failing Strachan at the first Lambeth Conference, in England. He returned to Toronto just before Strachan’s funeral on 5 November. Bethune had succeeded his mentor on 1 Nov. 1867, and adopted as his signature “A. N. Toronto.” He resigned both the rectory of Cobourg and the archdeaconry of York. He continued as bishop of Toronto until his death in 1879." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Note: circa 1870; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; "Alexander Neil Bethune was pre-eminently a gentle and mild individual, and a contrast to
    Strachan, the first bishop. The Reverend John Langtry commented: “no two men could be more unlike than they. Bishop Strachan was a man of war from his youth . . . . The ideal of Bishop Bethune’s life, whether consciously or not, was that of one who was trying above all things to live peaceably with all men. He was a man of high intellectual gifts, and of extensive reading, of gentle and refined disposition, but of a reserved and unemotional character . . . . Bishop Bethune seldom or never got angry. He was distressed by the waywardness and rough tempers of others; but as the result of it all, he lived an unruffled life.” Bethune, without Strachan’s fearless abilities as a strategist, inherited in no small measure
    the opposition which Strachan’s methods and policies had stirred up. It was his misfortune to
    be bishop at the height of the storm, and his episcopate might have appeared more successful under other circumstances." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html4
  • Census: April 1871; West Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Age 70 at 1871 Census: Bethune, Alex. N., 70, b. Ont., Scot., CE, Bishop of Toronto, widower; Janet, 70, b. Ont., Scot., CE, widow; George, 25, b. Ont., Scot., CE, clerk, single; Frank, 19, b. Ont., CEot., CE, single; Stennett, Walter B., 13, b. Ont., Eng., CE; Hewitt, Sarah, 42, b. Ireland, Irish, CE, servant, single; Lowery, Annie, 27, b. Ireland, Eng., C. pres., single; Nixon, Hannah, 33, b. England, Eng., CE, servant, married; Haley, Martin, 18, b. Ont., Irish, RC, servant, single (1871 Census: West Toronto, York Co., dist. 46, sub-dist. C-1, pg. 56, line 14 - ancestry.ca)5

Family: Jane Eliza Crooks b. 12 Sep 1809, d. 28 Jul 1861

  • Marriage*: 17 April 1827; West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; " ... m. Jane Eliza, daughter of James Crooks .. " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html
    Date Apr 17 1827 & location West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Jane Eliza Crooks2

Citations

  1. Alexander Neil Bethune per BIO in Dict of Cdn. Biography. A. N. Bethune per 1861 Census.
  2. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  3. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  5. [S14] Unknown author, 1871 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  6. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  7. [S83] Ancestry.ca, online unknown url.
  8. [S178] Unknown compiler, HamiltonTwp.

Jane Eliza Crooks1,2,3,4

F, #94265, b. 12 September 1809, d. 28 July 1861
  • Birth*: 12 September 1809; West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; Date 1809 per CemSearch - age 51 at deaht Jul 28 1861 - also dau. of Hon. James Crooks. Date 1809 & location UC per 1861 Census.2,3,4
  • Marriage*: 17 April 1827; West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada; " ... m. Jane Eliza, daughter of James Crooks .. " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Rev. Alexander Neil Bethune,
    www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_alexander_neil_10E.html
    Date Apr 17 1827 & location West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Alexander Neil Bethune2
  • Death*: 28 July 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Jul 28 1861 per CemSearch. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.2,4
  • Burial*: 30 July 1861; St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; CemSearch: Name: Jane Eliza Bethune; Born: - ; Died: Jul 28 1861; Age: 51; ID: CBSPCM0771; Other names: Bethune, Agnes Emily ( -1891), Bethune, Alexander Neil (1800-1879), Bethune, Arthur M. (1873-1960), Bethune, Beatrice Mary (1875-1957), Bethune, Charles James Stewart (1838-1932), Bethune, Edith A. St. L. [Wilson](1877-1960), Bethune, Edith Alice ( -1874), Bethune, Emily Anne (1840-1847), Betune, George Strachan Cartwright (1845-1902), Bethune, Harriet Alice Mary [Fulrong](1844-1898), Bethune, Herbert (1848-1849), Bethune, Herbert Charles ( - -1872), Bethune, Jane Eliza ( -1861), Bethune, John James (1834-1859); Cemetery: St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Ontario St. N., Cobourg, Plot 381; Note: Wife of the Ven. A.N. Bethune D.D., Archdeacon of Toronto, Rector of Cobourg. Daughter of hon. James Crook?, Bishop of Toronto. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=CBSPCM0771%5E2)4
  • Married Name: 17 April 1827; Bethune2
  • Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 52 at 1861 Census; see Alexander N. Bethune3

Family: Alexander Neil Bethune b. 28 Aug 1800, d. 3 Feb 1879

Citations

  1. Jane Eliza Bethune per CemSearch. Jane E. Bethune per 1861 Census.
  2. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  3. [S10] Unknown author, 1861 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
  4. [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.

John Bethune1

M, #94266, b. 1751, d. 23 September 1815
  • Birth*: 1751; Breabost, Isle Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 30 September 1782; Christ Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec; "In 1782, before the close of the war, Bethune married Veronique Wadin (d.1846), daughter of Jean-Étienne Wadin (1738–1782), a founding partner of the North West Company. Veronique's mother was Marie-Josephe De Guire, and the sister of Marguerite, wife of Dr. John McLaughlin, Father of Oregon. After Bethune's death, Veronique Bethune resided happily with her daughter Christine and son-in-law Robert Henry at Cobourg for 31 years and was regarded by distinguished travellers of the period as a lady of great wit and charm."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bethune_(minister)
    Date Sep 30 1782 & locaiton Christ Anglican Church, Montreal, per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Veronique Waddens1,2
  • Death*: 23 September 1815; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Note: 1787; Williamtown, Glengary Co., Quebec; In 1787 the Rev. John Bethune, Chaplain of the First Battalion of the Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, organized a congregation at Williamstown, and preached also at Lancaster, Cornwall and Martintown." from "Early Life in Upper Canada" by Edwin C. Guillet, pg. 42.3
  • Note*: 1787; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; "In 1784, upon the demobilization of his regiment, Bethune ministered to a small band of Presbyterian Scots and in 1786 established the first Presbyterian Church on St Gabriel's Street, Montreal, which became the mother church of Presbyterianism in Canada. One year later he came to Glengarry (spelled Glengary at the time) to be among the loyalist settlers of his regiment. Settling at his home (now a national historic site, later occupied by David Thompson) in Williamstown, here he devoted the remainder of his life to his ministry.[1] The harmonious and amicable relations among the denominations is now legendary. The Roman Catholic Bishop at St Raphael's, Alexander Macdonell, prided himself on his knowledge of Protestant prayers by which he could fill in for Bethune when needed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bethune_(minister)2
  • Note: 1804; Williamstown, Glengarry Co., Upper Canada; "Whil emany of the Loyalist Highlanders and the later immigrantws had received little or no schooling, yet the inhabitants of Glenfarry were among the first in Upper Canada to take active steps to secure the advantages of education for those who could ill afford to attend private schools. In 1804 the Rev. John Bethune and ten other men of the country petitioned the legislature of Upper Canada to establish common (public) schools. The government refused, however, and the principle of elementary education was not approved until 1816, though provision had earlier been made for grammar (secondary) schools. In 1817 the Township of Charlottenburg alone had twelve common schools, a large number in comparison with most other sections of Upper Canada." from "Early Life in Upper Canada" by Edwin C. Guillet, pg. 443 & 443

Family: Veronique Waddens b. 5 Apr 1764, d. 30 May 1846

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  2. [S116] Wikipedia, online unknown url.
  3. [S180] Edwin C. Guillet, Early Life in Upper Canada.

Veronique Waddens1,2,3

F, #94267, b. 5 April 1764, d. 30 May 1846
  • Birth*: 5 April 1764; Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.2
  • Marriage*: 30 September 1782; Christ Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec; "In 1782, before the close of the war, Bethune married Veronique Wadin (d.1846), daughter of Jean-Étienne Wadin (1738–1782), a founding partner of the North West Company. Veronique's mother was Marie-Josephe De Guire, and the sister of Marguerite, wife of Dr. John McLaughlin, Father of Oregon. After Bethune's death, Veronique Bethune resided happily with her daughter Christine and son-in-law Robert Henry at Cobourg for 31 years and was regarded by distinguished travellers of the period as a lady of great wit and charm."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bethune_(minister)
    Date Sep 30 1782 & locaiton Christ Anglican Church, Montreal, per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=John Bethune2,4
  • Death*: 30 May 1846; Montreal, Quebec; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.2
  • Married Name: 30 September 1782; Bethune2
  • Census*: 1821; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1821 Census: Mrs. V. Bethune; 1 male 16 - 60; 3 females 16 - 60; 1 male under 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)
    Note: This census record in 1821 is the first appearance of any Bethunes in Hamilton Twp.5
  • Census: 1822; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1822 Census: Mrs. V. Bethune; 4 males 16 - 60; 4 females 16 - 60; 1 male under 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)
    Note: James does not appear in the 1882 Census. Must be included with his mother.5
  • Census: 1823; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1823 Census: Mrs. V. Bethune; 2 males 16 - 60; 3 females 16 - 60; 1 male under 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census & Assessment, Northumberland Co. - http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/genealogy.htm)5
  • Residence*: January 1823; SE King St. E. & Church St., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "While her husband went into the wilds of Peterborough County to prepare a log house, Mrs. Stewart enjoyed the aristocratic society of Cobourg. Mrs. Henry, she wrote, "improves very much on acquaintance, and seems greatly attached to her husband who is much older"; and her mother, Mrs. Bethune, was "a fine, merry old lady who lives in a little cottage just opposite the Henry's house". Captain and Mrs. Boswell were "very pleasing and very kind", and lived east of the village, not far from the present "Kingston Crossing". Afternoon teas were enjoyed at these homes, and sometimes dancing followed; and sleighing parties were popular on dear, frosty nights." from Cobourg 1798 - 1948, by Edwin C. Guillet, pg 13.
    "Believed to be the oldest house in Cobourg, it stands on the southeast corner of King and Church Street.; Notes: The Bank of Upper Canada had a monopoly in the province during the early 1800s. James Gray Bethune was the first representative in Cobourg for the Bank of Upper Canada. Then around 1830 "Squire" Robert Henry opened the first private bank, The Cobourg Bank, at this location. James Gray Bethune, later took it over as he was sympathetic to the settlers' banking needs. (Bethune's sister Cristy was married to Robert) It was robbed in 1835 causing Bethune to go bankrupt. Shortly after the Bank of Upper Canada's monopoly was broken and new banks appeared." Cobourg Public Library Images, ID: 720-25 - called the Minaker House, King E & Church.
    (http://images.ourontario.ca/Cobourg/18982/data?n=10)6

Family: John Bethune b. 1751, d. 23 Sep 1815

  • Marriage*: 30 September 1782; Christ Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec; "In 1782, before the close of the war, Bethune married Veronique Wadin (d.1846), daughter of Jean-Étienne Wadin (1738–1782), a founding partner of the North West Company. Veronique's mother was Marie-Josephe De Guire, and the sister of Marguerite, wife of Dr. John McLaughlin, Father of Oregon. After Bethune's death, Veronique Bethune resided happily with her daughter Christine and son-in-law Robert Henry at Cobourg for 31 years and was regarded by distinguished travellers of the period as a lady of great wit and charm."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bethune_(minister)
    Date Sep 30 1782 & locaiton Christ Anglican Church, Montreal, per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=John Bethune2,4

Citations

  1. Veronigue Waddens per Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
  2. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
  3. [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
  4. [S116] Wikipedia, online unknown url.
  5. [S178] Unknown compiler, HamiltonTwp.
  6. [S137] E. C. Guillet, Cobourg 1798 - 1948.

Angus John Bethune1

M, #94268, b. 1704, d. 1801
  • Birth*: 1704; Breabost, Isle Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 1747; Scalpay, Inner Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Christian Campbell1
  • Death*: 1801; Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Christian Campbell b. 1725, d. 1790

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Christian Campbell1

F, #94269, b. 1725, d. 1790
  • Birth*: 1725; Scalpay, Inner-Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 1747; Scalpay, Inner Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Angus John Bethune1
  • Death*: 1790; Moore, North Carolina, U.S.A.; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Married Name: 1747; Bethune1

Family: Angus John Bethune b. 1704, d. 1801

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Donald Campbell1

M, #94270, b. 1700
  • Birth*: 1700; Inne Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1723; Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Katherine MacDonald1

Family: Katherine MacDonald b. 1700

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Katherine MacDonald1

F, #94271, b. 1700
  • Birth*: 1700; Inner Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1723; Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=Donald Campbell1
  • Married Name: circa 1723; Campbell1

Family: Donald Campbell b. 1700

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Angus Norman Bethune1

M, #94272, b. 9 September 1783, d. 13 November 1858
  • Birth*: 9 September 1783; Carleton Island, Quebec; Date Sep 9 1783 per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017. Note: Carleton Island belonged to the British at this time, still part of the larger province of Quebec. After the war was over, Carleton Island became part of New York State.1
  • Marriage*: 1809; Fort William, Rupert's Land, Canada; Date 1809 & location Fort William per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 23 2020.; Principal=Louisa MacKenzie1
  • Marriage*: circa 1810; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.; Principal=An Indian Woman ? ?1
  • Death*: 13 November 1858; Toronto, York Co., Canada West; per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 23 2020. per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1

Family 1: Louisa MacKenzie b. 1793, d. 20 Apr 1833

Family 2: An Indian Woman ? ? b. c 1790

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Louisa MacKenzie1

F, #94273, b. 1793, d. 20 April 1833
  • Birth*: 1793; Terrebonne, Quebec; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: 1809; Fort William, Rupert's Land, Canada; Date 1809 & location Fort William per family tree of Joanne Doucette on ancestry.ca, Oct 23 2020.; Principal=Angus Norman Bethune1
  • Death*: 20 April 1833; Wawa, Rupert's Land, Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Married Name: 1809; Bethune1

Family: Angus Norman Bethune b. 9 Sep 1783, d. 13 Nov 1858

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Roderick MacKenzie1

M, #94274, b. 1761, d. 15 August 1844
  • Birth*: 1761; Alchiltibuie, Scotland; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1789; Canada; "Country Wife" means a native woman who he lived with for a time a trading post. These marriages were often not recognized although often resulting in offspring. Most traders also had a legitimate wife in Europe or Quebec.; Principal=Country Wife ? ?1
  • Death*: 15 August 1844; Terrebonne, Quebec; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1

Family: Country Wife ? ? b. 1775

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

Country Wife ? ?1

F, #94275, b. 1775
  • Birth*: 1775; Canada; per family tree of lesfreck on ancestry.ca, Feb 26 2017.1
  • Marriage*: circa 1789; Canada; "Country Wife" means a native woman who he lived with for a time a trading post. These marriages were often not recognized although often resulting in offspring. Most traders also had a legitimate wife in Europe or Quebec.; Principal=Roderick MacKenzie1
  • Married Name: circa 1789; MacKenzie1

Family: Roderick MacKenzie b. 1761, d. 15 Aug 1844

Citations

  1. [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.